I want to extend my sympathies to friends and organisations who feel left behind by 80k’s pivot in strategy. I’ve talked to lots of people about this change in order to figure out the best way for the job board to fit into this. In one of these talks, a friend put it in a way that captures my own feelings: I hate that this is the timeline we’re in.
I’m very glad 80,000 Hours is making this change. I’m not glad that we’ve entered the world where this change feels necessary.
To elaborate on the job board changes mentioned in the post:
We will continue listing non-AI-related roles, but will be raising our bar. With some cause areas, we still consider them relevant to AGI (for example: pandemic preparedness). With others, we still think the top roles could benefit from talented people with great fit, so we’ll continue to post these roles.
We’ll be highlighting some roles more prominently. Even among the roles we post, we think the best roles can be much more impactful than others. Based on conversations with experts, we have some guess at which roles these are, and want to feature them a little more strongly.
I think the post would have been far better if this kind of sentiment was front and center. Obviously its still only a softener but it shows understanding and empathy the CEO has missed.
“I want to extend my sympathies to friends and organisations who feel left behind by 80k’s pivot in strategy. I’ve talked to lots of people about this change in order to figure out the best way for the job board to fit into this. In one of these talks, a friend put it in a way that captures my own feelings: I hate that this is the timeline we’re in.”
Hey Nick, just wanted to say thanks for this suggestion. We were trying to balance keeping the post succinct, but in retrospect I would have liked to have included more of the mood of Conor’s comment here without losing the urgency of the original post. I too hate that this is the timeline we’re in.
Appreciate this—perhaps this can be improved in other communications outside the forum context! Even in appealing to people outside of EA to focus on AI, I think this kind of sentiment might help.
I want to extend my sympathies to friends and organisations who feel left behind by 80k’s pivot in strategy. I’ve talked to lots of people about this change in order to figure out the best way for the job board to fit into this. In one of these talks, a friend put it in a way that captures my own feelings: I hate that this is the timeline we’re in.
I’m very glad 80,000 Hours is making this change. I’m not glad that we’ve entered the world where this change feels necessary.
To elaborate on the job board changes mentioned in the post:
We will continue listing non-AI-related roles, but will be raising our bar. With some cause areas, we still consider them relevant to AGI (for example: pandemic preparedness). With others, we still think the top roles could benefit from talented people with great fit, so we’ll continue to post these roles.
We’ll be highlighting some roles more prominently. Even among the roles we post, we think the best roles can be much more impactful than others. Based on conversations with experts, we have some guess at which roles these are, and want to feature them a little more strongly.
I think the post would have been far better if this kind of sentiment was front and center. Obviously its still only a softener but it shows understanding and empathy the CEO has missed.
“I want to extend my sympathies to friends and organisations who feel left behind by 80k’s pivot in strategy. I’ve talked to lots of people about this change in order to figure out the best way for the job board to fit into this. In one of these talks, a friend put it in a way that captures my own feelings: I hate that this is the timeline we’re in.”
Hey Nick, just wanted to say thanks for this suggestion. We were trying to balance keeping the post succinct, but in retrospect I would have liked to have included more of the mood of Conor’s comment here without losing the urgency of the original post. I too hate that this is the timeline we’re in.
Appreciate this—perhaps this can be improved in other communications outside the forum context! Even in appealing to people outside of EA to focus on AI, I think this kind of sentiment might help.